Vasta Platform (Vasta Platform) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.57 (As of Mar. 2024)

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What is Vasta Platform Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Vasta Platform's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $158.0 Mil. Vasta Platform's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $63.9 Mil. Vasta Platform's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $141.4 Mil. Vasta Platform's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.57.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Vasta Platform's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

VSTA' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.25 Med: 4.9 Max: 7.31
Current: 2.25

During the past 6 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Vasta Platform was 7.31. The lowest was 2.25. And the median was 4.90.

VSTA's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
60% of 180 companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 1.69 vs VSTA: 2.25

Vasta Platform Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Vasta Platform's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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Vasta Platform Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Vasta Platform Annual Data

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Dec23

Debt-to-EBITDA

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7.31

4.90

6.68

2.69

2.51

Vasta Platform Quarterly Data
	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															1.96	10.81	6.69	1.20	1.57

Competitive Comparison of Vasta Platform's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Vasta Platform's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Vasta Platform's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Vasta Platform's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Vasta Platform's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.

Vasta Platform Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Vasta Platform's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(167.923	+	67.264)	/	93.879
	=	2.51

Vasta Platform's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(158	+	63.854)	/	141.424
	=	1.57

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2024) EBITDA data.

Vasta Platform (NAS:VSTA) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

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Avenue Paulista, 901, 5th Floor, Bela Vista, Sao Paulo, SP, BRA, CEP 01310-100

Website

https://www.vastaedu.com.br

Vasta Platform Ltd operates as an education company in Brazil, engaged in providing end-to-end educational and digital solutions that cater to all needs of private schools operating in the K-12 educational segment. Its business segments are Content and EdTech Platform, and Digital Platform. The Content and EdTech platform derives its results from educational content solutions through digital and printed content, including textbooks, learning systems and other complementary educational services. The Digital Platform enables private schools to aggregate multiple learning strategies and helps them to focus on education, through the Business' physical and digital e-commerce platform and other digital services.